FlexSim

What do you like best?

Whenever you encounter a problem while using Flexsim, the Flexsim team support will always be there to help you. The best part of using Flexsim is I was so surprised to see the robots functional features which I didn't have it in my previous simulation software called Automod. The visual representation of Flexsim model is catchy and anyone who wants to view the entire plant function will definitely have a treat for eyes. Dashboards are really awesome to do statistical analyses, gives better clarity of machine utilization and gives a platform to experiment with so many combinations.

What do you dislike?

So many updates keep coming but that's not a dislike for sure, but it's a time consuming to upgrade.

Also, the model limits should be increased from 30 to 70 for free users at least to work on building SMEs at home. Fully built (a section or a part) of SMEs will have a better reach to the clients or manufacturing company to rethink about implementation of the software in their company.

Flexsim license price can be reduced or given in a discount price for people planning to open a start-up consultant to help industry solve their problem easily. This way this software gets good recognition in the competitive market.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Identifying bottlenecks in the Manufacturing process line, optimizing the production line by increasing the throughput and reducing the inventory in between the processes. Optimizing the healthcare clinic queue system for patients waiting and speeding up the examine process. Next plan is to model a rice milling factory with a warehouse management. The warehouse and logistics will be new for me to explore Flexsim. Another, one will be managing food take away management and order delivery to the customers.

Benefits:

Compare to my previous software that I used to build and analyze models, Flexsim is so user friendly and dragging & dropping machines were something that I used to code in my previous software.